7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Special Pre-conference Screening: Food Inc
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Samuel Goldwyn Theater - Theater
- 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Screening
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Registration
- Cinerama Dome - Lobby
- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 9 hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Welcome to Getting Real '18
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Keynote: Molly Thompson
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Here's What Really Happened - Hero
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Conversation
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Pulling Back the Curtain
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Interactive Workshop
- Film Critics of Color
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Two Radio Guys Help Your Movies Look Better with Sound
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Conversation
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- CANCELLED: Talent Rising! Storytelling in the 21st Century
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Real Talks Round Tables
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM | 6 hours 30 minutes 6 sub sessions
- Meeting
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Making a New Reality with Kamal Sinclair
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- Presentation
- Lunch
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Therapeutic Interventions in Documentary
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Case Study with the Filipino Production Team for Call Her Ganda
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Monrovia, Indiana (2018) (Sneak Peek)
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- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 3 hours
- Screening
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Here's What Really Happened: Drone
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Case Study
- VR Private Meeting - The Way Forward
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Documenting the Present, Preserving the Future
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Airtight and Incontestable
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Demystifying the Oscars with Tom Oyer
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - 1st Floor Conference Room
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- A-Doc/BGDM/Firelight Convening
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
- International Co-Producing: The Silence of Others
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Case Study
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- What You Need To Know About Using Music In Your Film
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Challenge of Independent Film Distribution
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Industry
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- A Conversation with Morgan Neville and Judd Apatow
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Conversation
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Whine Before The Wine
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Opening Night Party
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
- Documentary Audience Research Launch Breakfast
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Kimpton Everly Hotel - Ballroom
- 7:15 AM - 9:15 AM | 2 hours
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Registration
- Cinerama Dome - Lobby
- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 9 hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Keynote: Michèle Stephenson
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Localizing Your Content for Any Market
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Filmmaker
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Frederick Wiseman Master Class
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- What Does Advocacy for Documentary Look Like?
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Collective Intelligence: Co-Creative and Emergent Documentaries
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Performance
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Can I Get a Witness? Archival Workshop with Barak Goodman
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Real Talks One-on-One Meetings
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 6 hours 2 sub sessions
- Meeting
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Budgeting Workshop with Robert Bahar
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Journalists Under Threat
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Making a Living at Making Change with Documentary
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- 2018 State of the Documentary Field Study: Presentation of Findings
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes 1 sub session
- Presentation
- Lunch
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Reenactment Reconsidered: Staged Realities and Nonfiction Fantasies
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Collaborative Documentary Storytelling
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - 1st Floor Conference Room
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Creative Distribution and Audience Engagement Post-Cambridge Analytica: A Look at Changing Strategies, Roles, Demands and Data
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Presentation
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- What Is the Value of a Film School Education?
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Regional Sustainability Models
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Getting In Early: Development Funding
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Not Your Grandmother's Historical Doc
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- That's a Fact!
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - 1st Floor Conference Room
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Presentation
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Film Criticism in Documentary—'Film Quarterly' Celebrates 60 Years
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- After #MeToo
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Is Short The New Feature? How Short Digital Content Can Further Your Story, Impact and Career
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Here's What Really Happened: Minding the Gap
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- NEH Funding: Tips from Filmmakers and the NEH
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Keynote: Chi-hui Yang
- Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Gimme Truth!
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- The Montalbán - Theatre
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Game Show
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- PBS Indies Party
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- NeueHouse Hollywood - NeueHouse Hollywood
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Keynote: Orwa Nyrabia
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- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- Registration
- ArcLight Hollywood - Lobby
- 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | 6 hours
9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Therapeutic Interventions in Documentary Experiential Workshop
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Creative Courage in Non-Fiction Storytelling
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Conversation
- Mock Deposition: The case of IDA vs. Marco Williams
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Performance
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Audience
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- New 2018 Tax Code: Financing, Forming & Operating Your Film Documentary Production Company in 2018 and Beyond
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Presentation
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Female Cinematographer Convening
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Convening
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Impact Producers Convening
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
- International Co-Producing - Winnie
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Case Study
- Duty of Care: Protecting Vulnerable Sources
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Lunch
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Broadcast Production Pipelines
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Documentary Production Between China and the US
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- National Minority Consortia
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes 1 sub session
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Global Advocacy Convening
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Outside the Frame: Conversations from the Cutting Room
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Thriving Filmmaker Workshop
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Equity Investment in Documentary Film
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Making the Most of Mentorship
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Ramp Less Traveled
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- A-Doc, the Asian American Documentary Network Convening
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- International Co-Producing: That Summer
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Case Study
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Palestinian Filmmaker Panel
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Crediting at a Crossroads
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Working with International Public Broadcasters
- ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- DOC/CMPA Convening
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
- Disability Doc Makers Convening
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - 1st Floor Conference Room
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
- Role of Documentary in the Public Sphere
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
5:45 PM
5:45 PM
- Closing Remarks
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- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM | 15 minutes
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Closing Night Party
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Special Closing Night Event: 35mm restoration of Salesman
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 2 hours
- Screening